blumoo

[squatingyeti]

I think it would be cool to get VC to interact with blumoo. Now I know most people may not have Bluetooth in their PC so the uses would be limited to a small number. My real question is, has anyone heard or see anything of the api from blumoo? They stated after release they would put out the api. I'd rather figure out how to interact with blumoo than get a usbirt thingy lol

[nime5ter]

Maybe some day in the future.

[squatingyeti]

yeah, what's funny is they actually have a spot set on the website for it. They have not posted it as they stated they would though. This thing has been out for months now. www.blumoo.com/api.html it goes to a blank page they have set aside. I just sent them an email asking about the api as well. Hopefully they'll get back to me next week and shed some light on it. I fear they may go back on that claim though as months later they haven't mentioned it at all.

[squatingyeti]

They actually replied already stating the project evolved beyond the original ideas to a full universal remote. Therefore they wouldn't be sharing the ir stuff as it's licensed (which I don't really care about as I just want to try to communicate with it). However they did send me the Bluetooth api  it is attached for anyone that has any interest. Now, who knows of a good source to read up on how I can work with this info?

EDIT: oops, attached the wrong thing. Fixed

[jitterjames]

Good luck with this.  I think this would be very difficult to set up, unless you can find a third party program for windows that can bridge the Bluetooth with some kind of command line or http api.  Either that or you would need to create a plugin for VC which uses some kind of library such as 32feet

There may also be libraries for python available but there is a good chance that they will not work with IronPython.

Then there is the matter of figuring out the command protocol, which does not exactly look like a barrel of laughs. 

[squatingyeti]

Right, figuring out that command protocol might cause one to commit seppuku. I was hoping they'd give me something a little more straightforward instead of, here's this, good luck chump. I will try to see if there is some way to intercept the commands sent by their app lol. Maybe something I can do rooted, but most likely not. Interest for usbirt increasing...

[squatingyeti]

Well, I've decompiled the blumoo apk for android. The journey begins.